There is some fierce competition here - Lawrence Phillips and OJ come to mind, I'm voting Maurice Clarett as the dumbest athlete (or former athlete) ever.
Clarett got arrested in Columbus, OH again. This time, he got pulled over and the police found him wearing a bullet proof best with four loaded guns in the car. Who knows what his actual intentions were, but they could not have been good. Oh yeah, they also found an open bottle of vodka in the car.
Earlier this year, he robbed two people, at gunpoint, behind a Columbus bar.
Why is this guy still hanging around Columbus, OH? It's probably the only city in America where everyone knows who he is, since he was once a star athlete at Ohio State (located in Columbus). For the two people that he robbed, it wasn't that hard to identify the guy who did it.
For someone who showed so much promise as a freshman, someone who was the star of the BCS championship game that year, his football career after that game was one dumb decision after another. First, he winds up getting kicked off the Ohio State team after filing false police reports that $10,000 worth of stuff was stolen out of his car.
Next, he challenges the NFL on their draft eligibility rules, and ultimately loses. The following year, he is overweight and out of shape at a workout attended by NFL scouts. Despite this, the Denver Broncos decide to take a chance on him by drafting him in the third round of the 2005 draft. Continuing the trend, he shows up to Broncos camp out of shape. During training camp and the pre-season, he plays like crap, when he wasn't watching from the sidelines with a groin injury. Before the season started, Denver cut him.
As an NFL running back, if you can't run in Denver's offence, you have a serious problem. Mike Anderson is a star there. Even Quentin Griffin had a few (very brief) flashes of brilliance. And if you can believe it, Ron Dayne is playing well there. Yes, the same Ron Dayne who couldn't hit a hole for the Giants.
Maurice, congratulations. You are finally where you belong: jail.
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I don't even consider him a "former athelete", given that he only played one year of college football before self-destructing. But I guess we can still appreciate the manner in which he tanked and the potential for success that he may have had, though I'm not convinced he could have been consistently good year after year.
His name is now right up there with Ryan Leaf as an example of what not to be if you ever want to succeed. I think Leaf could have stayed in the NFL in some capacity if he wouldn't have lost his marbles. Immaturity and self-importance are still traits that the majority of fans and coaches despise. Keyshawn, T.O. and Chad Johnson will never be in the NFL Hall of Fame. They are all good receivers that are preventing themselves from achieving greatness stature.
Look at Chris Carter. He was a trainwreck early in his career, but once he matured and acted with class, he set himself up for success and a bust in Canton. The day he let his play do the talking is the day he got on the ballot.
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